TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mingardi, Alberto, 
TI  - Classical liberalism and the industrial working class: the economic thought of Thomas Hodgskin / 
T2  - Routledge studies in history of economics
SN  - 9780367532154
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Hodgskin, Thomas, 
KW  - Liberalism
KW  - Working class
KW  - Economic conditions
N2  - "Thomas Hodgskin (1787–1869) is today a largely unknown figure, sometimes considered to be a forerunner of Karl Marx. Yet a closer look at Hodgskin’s works reveals that he was actually a committed advocate of laissez-faire economics and enthusiastic about labor-saving machinery and the Industrial Revolution, with a genuine interest in the well-being of the working classes. This book places him in the tradition of classical liberalism, where he belongs―as a disciple of Adam Smith, but even less tolerant of government power than Smith was. Classical Liberalism and the Industrial Working Class: The Economic Thought of Thomas Hodgskin will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in the history of economic thought, economic history and the history of political thought."--
ER  -